Why the Rand Paul-Rick Perry Feud Over Iraq Is Good for U.S. Policy
"Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican" has been suspended.
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The Latest Public-Sector Pension Scandal
The state-pension-industrial complex corrupts politics on multiple levels.
Turning Yourself Into a Surveillance Camera May be Perfectly Legal
Sousveillance as a constitutional right.
Colorado's Governor Sees the Light on Marijuana Legalization
He opposed it, but now sounds cautiously optimistic.
The Real Failures of Immigration Policy
We can send them home, but that won't mean we've seen the last of them.
How to Talk to Nonlibertarians
What libertarians have to explain to the politically disengaged and uninformed
Lawsuit Against USDA Says Authoritarian Cherry Board Is the Pits
A lawsuit shines a light on a USDA-created board that controls supply, says you can't sell tart cherries without board permission.
Hillary's Wealth Is Her Greatest Achievement
In Clinton's career, money is the only metric that features any success.
Obama Administration Choking Off Student Loans, Which Is Good News
For-profit schools get deserved flak, but the public universities lock kids into years of debt, too.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Blockbuster With a Brain
Director Matt Reeves elevates the Big Summer Movie into something worth thinking about.
Secrecy, the No-Fly List, and Concealed Weapons
Even if you don't care about personal liberties, these systems are programmed to malfunction.
The Millennials: The Politically Unclaimed Generation
They have the potential to become the most socially tolerant, fiscally responsible generation in the nation's history.
900,000 Innocents Subjected to NSA Scrutiny
The violations of our rights are obvious, undenied, and undeniable.
Do Gun Owners Have Any Rights Which Liberals Are Bound to Respect?
Opponents of gun rights underestimate what's at stake.
Bad Things Happen in an Instant, But Good News Takes Time
Journalists do a bad job telling you about what's really changing in the world because we miss the stories that happen slowly.
The NSA's Online Dragnet
Warrantless surveillance hits the target, along with many other people.
In Oslo, Eric Holder Pushes To Target and Criminalize Potential Extremists
Civil liberties? Oh yeah. We have that covered.
Why is the Left Not Cheering For a Mom's Right to Keep Her Meager Subsidies?
Responses to the last week's Supreme Court rulings show that progressives care about neither individuals nor liberty.
Big Government and the Campus Rape Controversy
Former government officials find lucrative new work in higher education.
Economic Fallacies on the Left and Right
Barack Obama and Rick Santorum are equally confused when it comes to economics.
Confessions of an American Cannabis Eater
Marijuana-infused edibles are tricky, but consumers are not quite as helpless as Maureen Dowd suggests.
When Kids Show Up at Our Borders
In pondering immigration policy, it's sometimes useful to keep in mind that we are, after all, talking about human beings.
Raising the EPA Radiation Limit Will Save Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars
Radiation limits were far lower than science justified and caused hundreds of billions of dollars of economic loss to America and the world.
The Presidency Has Turned Into an 'Elective Monarchy'
A conservative legal scholar's surprisingly convincing case against the Constitution.
The Real Impact of the NYC Soda Ban's Well-Deserved Defeat
Public health activists in New York City and beyond will feel the sting from the defeat of the city's misguided soda ban. And that's a good thing.
Hobby Lobby Could Be a Slippery Slope in the Right Direction
No one should be able to use government to force anyone else to buy them something.
Why Won't California Release Innocent Men from Prison?
Gov. Jerry Brown has the power to exonerate them, but he won't use it.
A Hard Day's Night: Beatlemania Revisited
Richard Lester's pop classic shines again in a new Criterion restoration.
New York City's Affordable Housing Bonanza for the Rich
Housing subsidies go to families making up to $193K.
Philly School Reform Group Fights Seniority-Based Staffing Rules
Philadelphia students, teachers, and parents deserve better than seniority-based staffing delivers.
Did Federal Climate Scientists Fudge Temperature Data to Make It Warmer?
Practicing the Dark Art of Trend Adjustment
The Hobby Lobby Decision Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means
Critics claim the ruling will allow countless companies to deprive female workers of health insurance coverage for birth control. It doesn't.
This Independence Day, America Again Has a Monarch
We have gone from an inherited tyrant to an elected one.
How L.A. Plans to Trash Dozens of Local Businesses
The city is glossing over crony capitalism and union patronage with nods to environmentalism.
End the Export-Import Bank and Other Forms of 'Crapitalism'
It's crapitalism when politicians give your tax money and other special privileges to businesses that are run by their cronies.
Declining to Pay for Something Isn't the Same As 'Blocking Access' to It
The Hobby Lobby case should spur a debate about which actions are properly compelled or prohibited.
'Affirmative Consent': The Sex Police on the Defensive
Even advocates aren't sure exactly what affirmative consent means or how it will work. What could go wrong?
The Best/Worst of Obamacare Propaganda
Selling the president's health care law, one shareable brainfart at a time.
Obamacare Apologies to the Whole Foods Crowd
If I'd have known ahead of time that you'd be paying for my health care, I would have taken up jogging or something.
Innovation Is the Key to Health Care Reform
New ideas and new developments improve everything in our lives, and health is no exception.
Reason TV's Best Health Care Videos
How best to fix the U.S. health care system? Undo all the earlier fixes.
